Ariadne

Family: Cretan royal house · Role: daughter of Minos · First appears: Fable 71

Life events

Theseus kills the Minotaur and escapes the labyrinth with Ariadne’s assistance.(Fable71)
- With: Theseus
- “the son of Ægeus, carrying away the daughter of Minos, sets sail for Dia”
Theseus abandons Ariadne on the shores of Dia.(Fable71 · 📍 Dia)
- With: Theseus
- “and barbarously deserts his companion on those shores.”
Bacchus aids the deserted Ariadne.(Fable71)
- With: Bacchus
- “Her, {thus} deserted and greatly lamenting, Liber embraces and aids;”
Bacchus transforms Ariadne’s crown into a lasting constellation.(Fable71)
- With: Bacchus
- “that she may be famed by a lasting Constellation, he places in the heavens the crown taken from off her head.”

parent: Minos (Ariadne is identified as the daughter of Minos.) “immediately, the son of Ægeus, carrying away the daughter of Minos, sets sail for Dia,[13]”
with Theseus (Theseus carries Ariadne away and abandons her.) “immediately, the son of Ægeus, carrying away the daughter of Minos, sets sail for Dia,[13] and barbarously deserts his companion on those shores.”
admirer: Bacchus (Bacchus courts Ariadne.) “Bacchus wooes her, and, to immortalize her name, he transforms the crown which he has given her into a Constellation.”
with Bacchus (Liber, an alias of Bacchus, comforts and assists Ariadne.) “Her, {thus} deserted and greatly lamenting, Liber embraces and aids;”
with Vulcan (One account says Vulcan made Ariadne's crown.) “Some writers say that the crown was given by Bacchus to Ariadne as a marriage present; while others state that it was made by Vulcan of gold and Indian jewels”

Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.